Wiring caps in parallel. How?

BurntFingers

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Ahoy,

To wire 2 caps in parallel, a 100uf electrolytic and .1uf film, would I wire the negative leg of the electrolytic to leg 1 of the film, then leg 2 to the socket? Or put them both in the same holes as it were? Solder the smaller cap to the electrolytic legs?

The theory I get, just not the practicals.
 
Both legs together, One leg to another would be a series connection.

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I always leave a long lead on the piggybacked cap so I can fold it over somewhere.

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Not sure why my pictures rotate funny...so I guess just tilt your head haha.
 
Both legs together, One leg to another would be a series connection.

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I always leave a long lead on the piggybacked cap so I can fold it over somewhere.

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Not sure why my pictures rotate funny...so I guess just tilt your head haha.

Gotcha. Thanks man. It looks like you kept one set of legs long and bent it around the other cap. That's a neat idea.

is this something you do to cut down high frequency noise?
 
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